soc

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A society (circle, club, interest group).

   Are you part of any socs this year?

2. 2
   noun

   The lord's power or privilege of holding a court in a district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction.

   As proprietors of the soc, the lords claimed a great number of fees and perquisites, payable by all classes of people, whether free or servile, who negotiated any affairs within the soc, and which no doubt formed in themselves a considerable source of revenue.

3. 3
   noun

   Sociology or social science.

4. 4
   noun

   An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grinding all the corn used within the manor or township in which the mill stands.

From Middle English soke, sok, soc, from Old English sōcn. More at soke.

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